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Malware/adware repeatedly spawns new sessions of IE until computer cra

kekemp

Posted 23 December 2014 - 08:32 AM

kekemp

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As the attached OTL log shows this malware spawns new sessions of IE continuously. Trend Micro intercepts them as it recognizes the URLs as being suspicious so IE doesn't actually open a window but the spawned IE sessions once started continue running and eventually the computer crashes as it runs out of all 8GBs of RAM. I have scanned the computer with Malwarebytes, Trend Micro Office, House Call, AVAST, ADWcleaner, and HijackThis as well as OTL. So far nothing has been flagged as spyware/adware or a virus. It may have been delivered by a fake Adobe update notice. One popped up and I, regretfully, clicked download but the window disappeared and nothing was downloaded and I therefore didn't install anything. Other than that I have no idea where it may have come from or what it is. I started having the problem soon after a clicked on that download button.

I have been able to stop the IE sessions from spwaning by disonnecting from the Internet for a while and then reconnecting. It apparently times out after being offline long enough and does not recognize when connection is reestablished. It does not affect other browsers except that both Firefox and Chrome are unable to go to sites like Malewarebytes and HouseCall. They are intercepted with a bogus message saying they are not allowed to go there because of security settings. I was able to get to them using Safari. I didn't try IE.

Last night I had to reset my DSL modem as it became very slow. It worked fine after that and is still working now. I don't know that that was a related problem.